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Feb
2012
31
Jan
2012
Posted in I - Series B, Q - 4Q11, R - NORTH WEST, X - Antiinfective, X - Fibrosis, X - Oncology, X - miRNA, XX - WA
Groove Biopharma (Seattle, WA) a development-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on microRNA therapeutics for cancer, fibrosis and infectious disease, closed a $6M Series B financing. Participants include Amgen Ventures, Versant Ventures, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, ARCH Venture Partners, OVP Venture Partners and WRF Capital.
23
Jan
2012
Posted in I - Series D, Q - 3Q11, R - WEST, X - Device (Diabetes), X - Device (Diagnostic), XX - CA
Intuity Medical (Sunnyvale, CA) a clinical-stage diagnostic device company focused on all-in-one blood sample collection and glucose analysis, closed a $12M Series D financing, bringing the total round to $76M. Participants include Accuitive Medical Ventures, Investor Growth Capital, Thomas McNerney, Venrock, Versant Ventures and U.S. Venture Partners.
Thanx for your patience as we catch-up.
25
Oct
2011
Posted in I - Series D, Q - 3Q11, R - WEST, X - Aesthetics, X - Dermatology, XX - CA
Kythera Biopharmaceuticals (Calabasas, CA) a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on aesthetic dermatology, closed a $37.4M Series D financing. Participants include Versant Ventures, Arch Venture Partners, Prospect Venture Partners, Jafco Ventures, Invus Financial Advisors, BBT Capital Management, Altitude Life Science Ventures and Foley Ventures.
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Jul
2011
27
Apr
2011
25
Oct
2010
29
Sep
2010
Posted in I - Series B, Q - 3Q10, R - MID ATLANTIC, X - Device (Sequencing), XX - MD
OpGen (Gaithersburg, MD) a commercial-stage genomics device company focused on optical mapping combining strain typing and sequencing, closed a $17M Series B round financing. Participants include jVen Capital, CHL Medical Partners, Highland Capital Partners, Mason Wells Biomedical and Versant Ventures.
21
Sep
2010
Posted in I - Series B, Q - 3Q10, R - INTERNATIONAL, X - HIV, X - Hepatitis C, X - Influenza, X - Malaria, X - Vaccines
Okairos (Switzerland) a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing T-cell vaccines against infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV, hepatitis C and influenza, closed a $20.8M Series B financing. Participants include Versant Ventures, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, BioMedPartners, Life Science Partners and Novartis Venture Fund.
26
Jul
2010
Posted in I - Series A, Q - 2Q10, R - NORTH WEST, X - Oncology, X - RNAi, XX - WA
Mirina (Seattle, WA) a development-stage biotechnology company focused on miRNA therapeutics for oncology and metabolic disorders, closed a $3.9M Series A financing, bringing the total round to $7.5M. Participants include Versant Ventures, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, ARCH Venture Partners, OVP Venture Partners and WRF Capital.
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Jun
2010
14
May
2010
16
Apr
2010
Posted in I - Series C, Q - 2Q10, R - WEST, X - Antibacterial, X - MDR, XX - CA
Achaogen (San Francisco, CA) a clinical-stage a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of broad-spectrum antibiotics to treat life-threatening, multi-drug resistant bacterial infections, closed a $56M Series C financing. Participants include Frazier Healthcare Ventures, Alta Partners, 5 AM Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, Domain Associates, Venrock Associates, Versant Ventures and Wellcome Trust.